The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-01
CHARLEsToNs BIG WEEK.
The Last of tho Visitors Gone-The
New Brighton Hotel.

New Brighton hotel.
CHARLESTON, April 30-The last ex-
cursionist left the city on the outgoing
trains today, and Charleston viii have
nothing more 10 offer her country cousins
this season except q game or two of base
ball when she has succeeded in strengthen
ing her team. The week has been an event
full one, and i'll some respects very success
full one. 1t is, of course, impossible to give
even a close approximation Of the number Of
strangers who were in Charleston on Cal
houn day. for the reason that they came in
sections, so to speak. The crowd, however,
was very large. | don't suppose that there
could have been less than 5000 strangers
in the city at noon on the day of
the unveiling of the monument. The
retail merchants, hotel and boarding
house keepers, livery stable men,
restaurant and saloon keepers, bootblacks
and ice cream block people made big money.
SO did the floral fair which opened on Tues
day night, and so did the other entertain
ments, principally church benefits, which
We're in progress The crowd was composed
largely of well to do people, who spent their
money literally, and it may be safely esti-
mated that at least 100000 was put in cir
culation.
THE CALHOUN RECEPTION.
Tho reception rendered to the Calhoun
family took place on Tuesday night and
was one of the grandest, most elaborate,
and magnificent of swell receptions ever
held in Charleston. The extensive gardens
of the Witte mansion were converted into
fairy grounds by the lavish expenditure Of
money and electric lights. A half
dozen arc lights made the place as bright
as day, while incandescent lights in the
shape of monster lilies, roses, fuschias,
violets, pansies ana other flowers were so
deposed among the trees and shrubbery as
to make the effect very striking. The foun-
tains, too, We're Illuminated with electric
light ,colored, aud reminded one of the great
fountain at St Georges Park, on Staten
Island on a summer night. This, however,
was not all The wealth of the tropics was
levied upon, and punches of delicious ban
anas, golden oranges and luscious pineap-
piles literally grew upon the trees and bushes
in the garden, while hundreds of bottles of
''NapqIenp's Cabinet" and "Pomery Sec"
invited The jewellers to eat, drink and be
merry Without reminding them that they
might die on the morrow.
THE TRAMPs IN FORCE. EsE
The herEfnonies of unwilling the montl-
menu brought to the city a regular gang of
trainps and thieves, who reaped rich har-
vest in the crowd on Tuesday last Numer-
Gus cases of pocket picking have been re-
ported, including the 81 900 robbery already
published in the MORNING NEWS. The rob
bers have not yet been arrested
Mention was made in this correspondence
some time ago of a sensation in the shape of
the systematic robbery of the firm Of H.
Bischoff Is Co., Wholesale rice dealers and
commission merchants. A Pinkerton de-
tective was employed and ferreted out the
thieves, who turned out to be trusted EN-
poyCs of the firm. The matter was hushed
up, however, and restitution to some extent
was made. A result of the affair is the dis
solution of the old firm, a name closely
identified with the commercial history of
Charleston for many years. The new firm
is called Melchen 81 Co. The reorganization
is said to be one of the results of the rob-
berry.
The New Brighton Hotel, on Sullivan's
Island, will probably pass into the hands of
a home company The owner, J. f. Burn
ham, having failed to get a purchaser for
the hotel, has determined to capitalize it at
$4,000, and new company will be or
gained for its purchase and maintenance
The hotel and its fixtures cost originally
nearly 100000. 1t is expected that the
house will be opened in June next.